Citation

Math SB, Tandon S, Girimaji SC, Benegal V, Kumar U, Hamza A, Jangam K, Nagaraja D. Prim. Care Companion J. Clin. Psychiatry 2008; 10(1): 31-37.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry ; the Department of Clinical Psychology ; the Department of Psychiatric Social Work ; and the Department of Neurology , National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences , Bangalore, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Physicians Postgraduate Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

18311419

PMCID

PMC2249818

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this article is to present the assessment of the presentation of symptoms and psychiatric morbidity of children and adolescents from the Andaman and Nicobar islands during the first 3 months following the December 2004 earthquake and tsunami. Method: According to predefined criteria, a primary survivor is one who was exposed directly to the earthquake and tsunami, a secondary survivor is one with close family and personal ties to primary survivors, and tertiary survivors are individuals from the communities beyond the impact area, a majority of which were exposed to the earthquake only. This study included 37 primary and secondary survivors (aged

Language: en